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The French Union was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic
French Fourth Republic

The Fourth Republic was the republicanism government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican Constitution of France. It was in many ways a revival of the French Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems....
 to replace the old French colonial system, the "French Empire" (Empire Français) and to abolish its "indigenous" (indigène
Indigénat

The Code de l'indig?nat was a set of laws creating, in practice, an inferior legal status for natives of French Colonies from 1887 until 1944–1947....
) status.








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The French Union was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic
French Fourth Republic

The Fourth Republic was the republicanism government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican Constitution of France. It was in many ways a revival of the French Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems....
 to replace the old French colonial system, the "French Empire" (Empire Français) and to abolish its "indigenous" (indigène
Indigénat

The Code de l'indig?nat was a set of laws creating, in practice, an inferior legal status for natives of French Colonies from 1887 until 1944–1947....
) status.

History

Established by the French constitution of October 27, 1946 (Fourth Republic), it lasted until 1958, when it was replaced by the French Community
French Community

The French Community was the political entity that replaced the French Union, in 1958. The French Union was the descendant of the French colonial empires following the World War II....
 by Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle

Charles Andr? Joseph Marie de Gaulle , , was a French people general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President of France from 1959 to 1969....
's Fifth Republic
French Fifth Republic

The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current Republicanism Constitution of France of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, replacing a parliamentary government with a semi-presidential system....
.

French Commonwealth

The French Union was modelled on the British Commonwealth, which by coincidence became the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 that same year.

The French Union included France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, French overseas départements
Département d'outre-mer

Overseas department is a designation under the 1946 Constitution of France of the French Fourth Republic that was given to the French colonial empire of Algeria in North Africa , Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean, French Guiana in South America and R?union in the Indian Ocean....
, territories, settlements, United Nations trusteeships (Cameroun
Cameroun

Cameroun was a French League of Nations mandate in central Africa, now constituting the majority of the territory of the Cameroon.Today, English speakers from Cameroon are known for a distinctive accent and signature rolling of r's as a French lingual flourish....
, etc.), French colonies (which became overseas départements of France) and associate states (protectorates) which became autonomous.

Dissolution

The associated states of French Indochina
French Indochina

French Indochina was the part of the French colonial empire in Indochina in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina, as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....
 withdrew from the union in 1954; French Morocco
French Morocco

French protectorate of Morocco was a France protectorate in Morocco, established by the Treaty of Fez. French Morocco did not include the north of the country, which was a Spanish Morocco....
 and Tunisia
Beylik of Tunis

The Beylik of Tunis was founded on July 15, 1705, after the Husainid Dynasty led by Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki defeated the Turkish Deys.Although defeating the Deys in theory, Tunisia continued to be a vassal of the Ottoman empire and the Friday prayer was pronounced in the name of the Ottoman Sultan, money was coined in his honour, and a...
 gained their independence in 1956.

See also

  • Decolonization
    Decolonization

    Decolonisation refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment of governance or authority through the creation of settlements by another country or jurisdiction....
  • First Indochina War
    First Indochina War

    The First Indochina War was fought in French Indochina from December 19, 1946, until August 1, 1954, between the French Union?s French Far East Expeditionary Corps, led by France and supported by B?o ??i?s Vietnamese National Army against the Vi?t Minh, led by H? Ch? Minh and V? Nguy?n Gi?p....
  • CEFEO
  • French Community
    French Community

    The French Community was the political entity that replaced the French Union, in 1958. The French Union was the descendant of the French colonial empires following the World War II....
  • French colonial empires
    French colonial empires

    The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule from the 1600s to the late 1960s. In terms of land area, the Empire reached its height of 12,347,000 km? after World War One....